Two Dead, Several Trapped After Building Collapse in Mohali; Rescue Operations Ongoing

22 Dec 2024

Two people, including a 20-year-old woman from Himachal Pradesh, lost their lives, and several others are feared trapped after a three-storey building collapsed in Mohali, Punjab, on Saturday, according to officials. The collapse occurred while excavation work was being carried out in the basement of an adjacent building. Drishti Verma,...

Two Dead, Hundreds Stranded As Typhoon Yagi Hits Northern Thailand

11 Sep 2024

At least two people have died, and hundreds remain stranded in northern Thailand after heavy rains inundated the region, causing rivers to swell, settlements to flood, and triggering mudslides, authorities reported on Wednesday. The severe weather, which followed Typhoon Yagi—the most powerful storm in Asia this year has affected approximately...

H3N2 virus spread in India, records the death of two

10 Mar 2023

The government said today that two people have died of influenza caused by the H3N2 virus. One person died in Haryana, while the other died in Karnataka. An 82-year-old man from Hassan, Karnataka, is believed to be the country's first H3N2 death. According to officials, Hire Gowda was brought to...

Typhoon Talas smashes Japan, leaving thousands without water, electricity, two killed

25 Sep 2022

Thousands of people in central Japan were without running water and electricity on Sunday after Typhoon Talas dumped record rainfall on the area, causing floods and landslides and leaving at least two people dead. According to the AFP's published report, the body of a man in Kakegawa city, Shizuoka region,...